There is no upside to being the only London borough without a cinema and whilst plans are brewing to rectify that in Bellingham and New Cross, voluntary community group Catford Film wants to bring a free film festival to Catford.
Catford Film has set up a Spacehive page to crowdfund their ambitious plans and your donations are much needed and appreciated. The money raised … [Read more...]

I missed Catford Cinema Club’s showing of Flash Gordon at The Broadway on Saturday. Gutted! It looked like a fun night.
Catford Cinema Club brought the #SE6y to Catford and according to their Twitter timeline “hundreds were engrossed in the screening”.
HUNDREDS engrossed in ⚡️Flash Gordon⚡️ at Free Film pop up in #Catford! @LewishamCouncil #se6y … [Read more...]

Catford will be joining the ranks of unlikely cinema locations this month with the Catford Broadway Pop Up Cinema Night.
On Saturday 20 September the newly pedestrianised broadway will host the free showing of the 1980’s sci-fi classic Flash Gordon.
The night starts at 7pm with the film starting at 7.30pm sharp. There’ll be street food from local chefs Route 66 serving … [Read more...]

According to East London Lines, Max Calò, a member of local film group Hither Green Hall said he saw the closing of Ladywell Leisure Centre as an opportunity to build a new cinema in Lewisham. The group set up a petition to get the ball rolling. The petition was seen by Curzon Cinemas who are interested in developing a cinema on the site. Curzon and Hither Green Hall members … [Read more...]

As a kid I used to love going to the cinema or “the pictures” as we used to call it back then. Living in Lewisham before the mid 80’s we had a few cinemas to choose from compared to what we have now, which is nothing.
Lewisham Odeon, Studio 6 & 7 and Catford Odeon were favourite haunts.
The Brockley Jack Film Club's digitally recreated old cinemas of Lewisham made me … [Read more...]